Drapery pinhook tool



July 25, 1967 A. p. NlEL 3, 3

DRAPERY PINHOOK TOOL Filed Oct. 25. 1965 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR.Afi/fM ,Q A//f/ wan/0.4.

I A. P. NIEL DRAPERY PINHOOK TOOL July 25, 1967 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 FiledOct. 23 1965 July 25, 1967 MEL 3,332,598

DRAPERY PINHOOK TOOL Filed Oct. 23. 1965 5 Sheets-Sheet 4 INVENTOR.4174M 2 M12 United States Patent 3,332,598 DRAPERY PINHOOK TOOL Adam P.Niel, Los Angeles, Calif, assignor to George F. McMurray, Glendale,Calif. Filed Oct. 23, 1965, Ser. No. 503,543 20 Claims. (Cl. 227-107)This invention relates to a magazine-loaded tool for dispensing andinserting drapery pinhooks into drapes, curtains, and similar fabricarticles.

Drapery pinhooks have been used for many years as a convenient way ofhanging a drape or curtain from a traverse rod or other conventionalsupport. Such pinhooks are formed from heavy-gage wire in severalstandard sizes, and include a shank or pin portion with a sharp pointfor insertion into the upper edge of the drape. When so installed, thepinhook provides a hook portion in the general shape of an inverted Uwhich is positioned over the traverse rod or through a conventional clipwhich is in turn slidably mounted on the traverse rod or other support.

While the pinhooks can be picked up by a worker and manually inserted ina drape, this practice is unsatisfactory for several reasons.Considerable force must be exerted to insert the pin portion into heavyfabrics from which drapes are typically constructed, and it is difficultto obtain an adequate grip on the relatively small pinhook. Furthermore,repetitious manual installation is uncomfortable or even painful for theworker, and is too cumbersome and slow to be an efi'icient productionstep in the manufacture of drapes.

To overcome these problems, a variety of tools have been developed tospeed and simplify the installation of drapery pinhooks. Such toolsprovide some means for mechanically holding a pinhook duringinstallation, and may include a magazine or holder to store a quantityof pinhooks which are individually dispensed for installation. The toolsmay provide a hand grip for manual operation, or may be bench mountedand motor driven.

A prime objective of such tools is to promote speed and efliciency ofpinhook handling and installation. Known tools fail to achieve thisobjective because they are awkward and slow to load with a stock ofpinhooks. Typically, pinhooks must be carefully oriented and loaded, oneat a time, into a channel or spindle in the tool magazine. If thepinhooks, as obtained from the manufacturer, are strung together by somemeans, this stringing means must be carefully removed before thepinhooks are painstakingly fed into the magazine. The pinhooks areawkward to maintain in alignment during this process, and considerabletime is wasted in carrying out the loading procedure.

The tool of this invention overcomes these problems and includes ahousing into which a magazine loaded with many pinhooks may be installedin a few seconds. The pinhooks are locked on a magazine rack by aretainer. The tool is actuated after magazine installation to releasethe retainer. After retainer release, the pinhooks are confined withinthe housing and cannot inadvertently slide out of alignment or out ofthe tool. The wasted time and motion formerly involved in tool loadingis thereby eliminated, and a convenient, easily operated tool is readyto dispense and install pinhooks.

Briefly stated, the drapery pinhook tool of this invention comprises anelongated rack adapted to store a plurality of drapery pinhooks alongits length. Retaining means are releasably engaged with an end of therack for retaining the pinhooks on the rack. Mounting means are adaptedto engage the rack, and releasingmeans are movably secured to themounting means. The releasing means are operable to release theretaining means after "ice the rack is engaged with the mounting meanswhereby the pinhooks may move off the end of the rack to be dispensed bythe tool.

In a presently preferred form of the invention, the retaining meanscomprises a peg which is engaged in a hole at the end of the rack. Thepeg extends laterally beyond the rack to block movement of the hooks offthe end of the rack. Preferably, the rack and peg which comprise themagazine are molded from plastic or a similar inexpensive material, andcan be discarded after a single use.

The mounting means is preferably formed as a handle which includes ahousing into which the magazine is inserted. A drive plate is secured tothe handle, and is movable from a pinhook-engaging position to apinhookdispensing position. A lug is secured to the drive plate and isengageable with the magazine peg after the magazine is installed in thehousing. Moving the drive plate from the pinhook-engaging position tothe pinhook-dispensing position causes the lug to engage and eject thepeg from the magazine rack, freeing the hooks to move individually offthe rack into engagement with the drive plate. Further cycling of thedrive plate moves individual pinhooks into the pinhook-dispensingposition for insertion in a drape.

The invention will be further described with reference to the attacheddrawings in which:

FIG. 1 is an elevation of the drapery pinhook tool of this invention;

FIG. 2 is a top view of the tood;

FIG. 3 is an elevation of a magazine rack for loading pinhooks into thetool;

FIG. 4 is a view on line 4-4 of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a peg for securing pinhooks on the rack;

FIG. 6 is an enlarged view on line 6-6 of FIG. 3, with the peg installedin the rack;

FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view of several components of the toolhandle;

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a magazine housing;

FIG. 9 is a view on line 99 of FIG. 1;

FIG. 10 is a view on line 1010 of FIG. 1;

FIG. 11 is a perspective view of a drive plate carrying a large-sizepinhook;

FIG. 12 is a perspective view of the drive plate carrying a small-sizepinhook;

FIG. 13 is an elevation of the handle, partly in crosssection, showingthe relation of the magazine and drive plate in the tool;

FIG. 14 is a view similar to FIG. 13, but showing the drive platepositioned to eject the peg; and

FIG. 15 is a view similar to FIG. 13, but showing a pinhook engaged withthe drive plate after ejection of the peg.

A drapery pinhook tool 10 according to the invention is shown generallyin FIGS. 1 and 2. The tool is adapted to accept and dispenseconventional drapery pinhook 12, one of which is shown in FIG. 2 in adispensing position ready for engagement with a drape.

A typical pinhook 12 is shown in detail in FIG. 11. The pinhook includesa pin portion 14 having a pointed end 15, and a generally U-shaped hookportion 17. The hook portion includes a first arm 18 adjacent the pinportion and connected to an end of the pin portion opposite pointed end15 by a curved web 19. The end of the first arm opposite the curved webmerges into a loop portion 20, which in turn merges into a second arm21. The second arm curves first outwardly away from the first arm, theninwardly toward the first arm, and finally outwardly to a tip 22. Curvedweb 19 forms an eye or head disposed approximately opposite tip 22, andthese two portions of the pinhook define a narrowed opening to theinterior of the U-shaped hook portion.

The pinhook is installed on a drape (not shown) by inserting point inthe drape and pushing the entire pin portion into the drape. The pinhookis formed of a relatively stiff fare to pinch or clamp the draperysecurely between the pin portion and first arm 18.

Tool 10 will be described in terms of its two major subassemblies whichare a magazine and a handle. A magazine suitable for use in the tool isshown in FIGS. 36, and includes pinhook rack 27 and a retaining peg 28.

The pinhook rack has an elongated base 30 to which is secured anelongated, upwardly extending member 31. An elongated lower rail 32 issecured to the upper part of member 31, and extends parallel to the baseand laterally away (to the left as viewed in FIG. 4) from one side ofthe member to form a first channel 33 between the lower rail and base. Aseries of ribs 34 extend upwardly from the top of member 31, and anelongated upper rail 35 is secured across the tops of the ribs to extendparallel to the base.

An elongated intermediate rail 36 is secured to ribs 34, and extendsparallel to the base between lower rail 32 and upper rail 35. Theintermediate rail extends laterally away from the ribs to form anenlarged center section on the pinhook rack, and to form asecond channel37 between the intermediate and lower rails.

An elongated stiffening rail 38 is secured to the ribs between the lowerand intermediate rails. A series of stiffening ribs 39 are secured toand extend between rails 32 and 38, and a stiffening web 40 extendsbetween rails 36 and 38. A series of gussets 41 are secured to base 30and member 31 to stiffen the pinhook rack.

A stop plate or flange 42 is secured adjacent the rear end of the base,and extends upwardly from the base across and laterally beyond the endsof the several rails. An elongated arm 43 is secured to the base and therear of the flange, and extends upwardly from the base to terminate in ahook or clip 44 which overhangs the top of the flange.

A boss 45 is formed laterally across the front end of intermediate rail36, and includes a tapered hole 46 therethrough. As best seen in FIG. 6,the hole includes an annular shoulder 47 forming a region of reduceddiameter at one end of the hole. Preferably, top and bottom portions 48of the hole are flattened (see'FIG. 3) in the region extending away fromthe annular shoulder.

To load the pinhook rack, a stack of pinhooks 12 is slipped over thefront end of the rack and pushed along the rack to abut flange 42. Asbest seen in FIGS. 3 and 4, the enlarged center section of the rack fitsinside the hook portions of the pinhooks. The width of intermediate rail36 is chosen to exceed the spacing between web 19 and tip 22 forming thenarrowed opening to the hook por-' tion of the pinhook, and the pinhooksare thereby prevented from sliding upwardly off the rack.

Loop portions 20 of the pinhooks rest on upper rail 35, and webs 19 ofthe pinhooks fit within first channel 33 of the rack. The rack is alsouseful with small pinhooks (such as pinhooklfil shown in. FIG. 12) asthe web portion of the small pinhooks will fit within second channel 37of the rack. After the rack is fully loaded with a supply of pinhooks,retaining peg 28 is inserted in the hole to trap the pinhooks betweenthe peg and flange 42.

Referring to FIG. 5, the retaining peg has a round head 50, and a roundshaft 51 extends from the head to form an annular shoulder 53 where theshaft and head abut. The diameter of shaft 51 is substantially smallerthan hole 46 in the pinhook rack, slightly smaller than the distancebetween flattened portions 48 in the hole, and substantially larger thanthe inside diameter of annular shoulder 47 in hole 46. The end of theshaft away from the head has a necked-down portion 54 having a diameterslightly smaller than the inside diameter of annular shoulder 47. Anenlarged button 56 is formed near the end of portion 54, and has adiameter slightly larger, say

' 4 approximately 0.002 inch, than the inside diameter of annularshoulder 47.

The retaining peg is shown installed in the rack in FIG. 6, the peg andrack are formed of a resilient plastic material such as polypropylene,whereby the button can be forced past the annular shoulder by a gentlepressure on the peg head as thepeg is inserted in the rack hole. The pegis thus retained in the hole and will not be accidentally dislodged ifthe magazine is subjected to shock or vibration. As shown in FIG. 6, thepeg head and button bloclt the egress of pinhooks off the leading end ofthe rack, and pinhooks installed on the rack are thus confined betweenthe peg and stop plate 42. As the peg shaft is smaller than hole 46, thepeg may rock fore and aft (parallel to base 30) between the flattenedtop and bottom of the hole.

The handle assembly of tool 10 is shown in exploded view in FIG. 7, andincludes a base plate 60, a'cover plate 61, and a drive plate 62 whichis slidably disposed between the base plate and cover plate. The baseplate includes a hand-grip portion 64 which has an elongated recess 65to receive a coil spring 66. Extending away from the hand-grip portionis an enlarged portion 67 which is relieved to form a recess 65 toreceive the drive plate. As shown in FIG. I, a bottom surface 70 of thebase plate is beveled to place the handle assembly at a convenient anglewhen in use.

Cover plate 61 includes a hand-grip portion 71 which has a recess 72 toenclose spring 66. A recess channel 73 in the hand-grip portion extendsforwardly from recess 72 to engage and guide the drive plate. As bestseen in FIG. 9, the hand-grip portions of the cover plate and base platefit together to enclose the coil spring and to form a smooth, flattenedhandle which is canted to position the users wrist in a comfortable,natural position when the tool is'in use. Extending from the hand-gripportion of the cover plate is an enlarged portion 74 which includes arectangular aperture 75. The sides of the upper part of the aperture arerecessed inwardly to form a shoulder 76.

The front of enlarged portion 74 includes a sloping shelf 77. Aretaining-peg ejection slot 78 extends forwardly from the front ofaperture 75 through the shelf. A side wall 79 extends upwardly fromthe'forward end of the sloping shelf. A member 80 extends from the topof the side wall across a portion of shelf, and includes a viewingaperture 81.

As best seen in FIG. 10, sloping shelf 77 and member 80 define a slotthrough which a scale or spacing gage 82 may slide. The spacing gage hasa number of spaced indentations 83 in its bottom surface to engage araised detent' 84 on the surface of the shelf. The top of. the spacinggage is graduated as shown in FIG. 2 to show the spacing of the toolfrom the margin of a drapery in which pinhooks are to be installed. Thegraduation indi: cating the selected spacing is visible through aperture81.

Drive plate 62 has a body portion 86 dimensioned to fit in recess 63 ofthe base plate. An arm 88 extends rearwardly from the body portion andterminates in a tip 89 which fits within coil spring 66 as best seen inFIG. 9. Arm 88 is dimensioned to be a slide fit in channel 73 of thecover plate. An operating knob 90 extends frombody portion 86 adjacentarm 88.

The top of the drive plate is relievedto'form a lug 93 shaped to engagetwo different sizes of drapery pinhooks. The forward or leading edge ofthe lug has a first cup-shaped depression 94 and a second cup-shapeddepression 95. The lug has a curved trailing edge 96 and the leading andtrailing edges are joined by a rounded nose 97. A ramp 98 slopesupwardly and forwardly from the bottom of the trailing edge to the topsurface of the lug adjacent the leading edge.

FIG. 11 shows a large pinhook 12 engaged with the drive-plate lug. Thepinhook drops on the lug from the top, the lug fitting inside the hookportion of the pin:

hook. Web 19 of the pinhook fits within cup-shaped portion 94 of thelug, whereby the pinhook cannot slide sideways off the lug unless forceis exerted to spread first arm 18 and second arm 21 of the pinhooksuificiently apart to pass off the lug. Fig. 12 shows a small pinhook101 engaged with the drive-plate lug. Web 102 of the small pinhookengages second cup-shaped portion 95 of the lug to retain the pinhook onthe lug in the manner just described.

The handle also includes a magazine housing 105, best seen in FIG. 8.The housing includes a top 106 and a pair of sides 107, which are joinedby a third side 108. The third side has an opening 109 to engage clip 44of the pinhook rack. The fourth side of the housing is open to acceptthe pinhook magazine.

The base of the magazine housing opposite top 106 has an outwardlyextending flange 111 around the periphery of the housing. The flangeincludes an aperture 113 which will be in alignment with opening 78 whenthe magazine housing is engaged with the cover plate. Side 108 includesan elongated recess 115 to provide clearance for pointed ends 15 ofpinhooks mounted on a magazine installed in the housing.

The handle is assembled by inserting the magazine housing throughaperture 75 in the cover plate until flange 111 on the housing seatsagainst shoulder 76 in the cover plate. Drive plate 62 and spring 66 arethen sandwiched between the cover plate and base plate which are securedtogether by screws 120 threaded into holes 121.

To operate the tool, the magazine is first loaded by installing a supplyof pinhooks on the magazine rack. Preferably, this would be the finalstep in the manufacturing process of the pinhooks, and they would beprovided by the manufacturer to the user on fully loaded racks. Thepinhook manufacturer would also insert peg 28 in the magazine rack tosecure the pinhooks in place. The loaded magazine is then inserted bythe user in the magazine housing 105, base 30 of the magazine rackforming the fourth side of the housing. Clip 44 of the rack passesthrough aperture 109 in the magazine housing and engages side 108 tosecure the magazine in place.

Referring to FIG. 13, the weight of the pinhooks rocks head 50 of theretaining peg downwardly toward the floor of the relieved portion of thedrive plate just behind the rear end of ramp 98. The drive plate is heldin a forward position by spring 66. To eject the retaining peg, thedrive plate is moved rearwardly against the spring to the full extent ofthe drive plate travel. As the drive plate is retracted, head 50 on theloosely secured retaining peg slides smoothly up ramp 98 on thedrive-plate lug and finally drops downwardly so shoulder 53 on theretaining peg engages the leading edge on the drive plate. Relativepositions of the retaining peg and retracted drive plate are shown inFIG. 14. When the drive plate is returned to its normal forwardposition, button 56 on the retaining-peg shaft is resiliently forcedpast shoulder 47 in hole 46 in the magazine rack, and the retaining pegis ejected from the tool through openings 78 and 113,

With the retaining peg removed, pinhooks are free to drop downwardly offthe magazine rack onto the driveplate lug each time the drive plate isactuated to its retracted or rearward position. The engagement of apinhook and the lug is shown inFIG. 15. When the drive plate is returnedto its forward position, the pin portion of the pinhook extends beyondthe front of the tool through the slot formed by recess 68 as shown inFIG. 2.

Using the spacing gage to establish the initial penetration point of thepin portion into the drape, the pinhook is then forced into the drape.'The pinhook is snugly secured to the drape by pin portion 14- and firstarm 18, and a quick rearward motion of the tool disengages the pinhookfrom the drive-plate lug, arms 18 and 21 of the 'pinhook spreadingresiliently to pass over the lug.

Recycling the drive plate positions another pinhook for insertion in thedrape, and this operation may be repeated until the magazine isexhausted. The magazine rack is then removed from the magazine housingand replaced with a fully loaded magazine. The magazine rack may bereused, but in most applications can be economically discarded after asingle use as it is formed from inexpensive plastic.

Installation of the magazine in the handle takes only a few seconds incontrast to the time-consuming hand loading required in the past. Thetime wasted in replenishing the supply of pinhooks in earlier tools isthus completely eliminated, and the user of the tool is permitted todirect his attention and energy to productive activity.

The tool is particularly versatile in its capability to accept pinhooksof several different sizes without removal or replacement of the driveplate. The canted hand grip and beveled base plate puts the users handat a natural, comfortable angle above the drape, and the tool may beused for long periods without strain.

The tool of this invention has been described with reference to aspecific configuration which incorporates a retaining peg adapted fortemporary engagement with a magazine rack. It is to be understood thatthe scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims is notlimited to this specific configuration. Other removable retainingdevices which can be ejected by a drive member on the tool will suggestthemselves to those skilled in the art, and are within the spirit of theinvention. Furthermore, the inventive concept is not limited tohand-operated tools, and has utility in bench-mounted power-operatedpinhook tools and other styles of pinhook tools which can be adapted formagazine loading.

I claim:

1. A drapery pinhook tool comprising an elongated rack adapted to storea plurality of drapery pinhooks along its length, retaining meansreleasably engaged with an end of the rack for retaining the pinhooks onthe rack, mounting means adapted to engage the rack, and releasing meansmovably secured to the mounting means and operable to release theretaining means after the rack is engaged with the mounting meanswhereby the pinhooks may move off the end of the rack.

2. A drapery pinhook tool comprising an elongated rack adapted to storea plurality of drapery pinhooks along its length, retaining meansreleasably engaged with an end of the rack for retaining the pinhooks onthe rack, a handle adapted to engage the rack, and a drive plate movablysecured to the handle and operable to release the retaining means afterthe rack is engaged with the harglle whereby the pinhooks may move offthe end of the rac 3. A drapery pinhook tool comprising an elongatedrack adapted to store a plurality of drapery pinhooks along its length,retaining means releasably engaged with an end of the rack for retainingthe pinhooks on the rack, a handle adapted to engage the rack, a scaleslidably engaged with the handle, and a drive plate movably secured tothe handle and operable to release the retaining means after the rack isengaged with the handle whereby the pinhooks may move off the end of therack.

4. A drapery pinhook tool comprising an elongated rack adapted to storea plurality of drapery pinhooks along its length, a clip secured to therack, retaining means releasably engaged with an end of the rack forretaining the pinhooks on the rack, a handle having a housing adapted toengage the rack, the housing including an aperture through which theclip extends to latch with the housing, and a drive plate movablysecured to the handle and operable to release the retaining means afterthe rack is engaged with the handle whereby the pinhooks may move offthe end of the rack.

5. A drapery pinhook tool comprising an elongated rack adapted to storea plurality of drapery pinhooks along its length, retaining meansreleasably engaged with an end of the rack for retaining the pinhooks onthe rack,

a handle adapted to engage the rack, and a drive plate secured to thehandle and movable from a pinhook-engaging position to apinhook-dispensing position, the drive plate being operable to releasethe retaining means after the rack is engaged with the handle wherebythe pinhooks may move one at a time off the end of the rack intoengagement with the drive plate when it is in the pinhookengagingposition.

6. A drapery pinhook tool as defined in claim 5, and further comprisinga spring engaged with the drive plate and handle for urging the driveplate into the pinhookdispensing position.

7. A drapery pinhook tool comprising an elongated rack adapted to storea plurality of drapery pinhooks along its length, retaining meansreleasably engaged with an end of the rack for retaining the pinhooks onthe rack, a handle adapted to engage the rack, a drive plate movablysecured to the handle, a lug secured to the drive plate and positionableto release the retaining means after the rack is engaged with the handlewhereby the pinhooks may move serially off the end of the rack, the lugbeing further positionable to engage individual pinhooks moving off theend of the rack.

8. A drapery pinhook tool as defined in claim 7 in which the lugcomprises an elongated body having a leading edge and a trailing edge,the two edges converging together at an end of the body, the leadingedge including a pair of cup-shaped depressions spaced from the end ofthe body whereby the lug is engageable within pinhooks of two difierentsizes.

9. A drapery pinhook tool comprising an elongated rack adapted to storea plurality of drapery pinhooks along its length, a retaining pegreleasably engaged with an end of the rack for retaining the pinhooks onthe rack,

mounting means adapted to engage the rack, and releasing means movablysecured to the mounting means and operable to eject the retaining pegfrom the rack after the rack is engaged with the mounting means wherebythe pinhooks may move off the end of the rack.

10. A drapery pinhook tool comprising an elongated rack adapted to storea plurality of drapery pinhooks along its length, one end of the rackhaving a hole therethrough, a retaining peg releasably engaged in thehole and extending laterally beyond the sides of the rack for retainingthe pinhooks on the rack, mounting means adapted to engage the rack, andreleasing means movably secured to the mounting means and operable toeject the retaining peg from the hole in the rack after the rack isengaged with the mounting means whereby the pinhooks may move off theend of the rack.

11. A drapery pinhook tool comprising an elongated rack adapted to storea plurality of drapery pinhooks along its length, one end of the rackhaving a hole therethrough, an annular shoulder formed on the rack inthe hole to define a region of reduced diameter in the hole, a retainingpeg having a shaft and an enlarged button formed at one end ofthe shaft,the button having a diameter slightly larger than the diameter of theannular shoulder whereby the peg shaft is retained in the hole when thebutton is resiliently forced past the shoulder, the peg extendinglaterally beyond the sides of the rack when installed in the holewhereby pinhooks are retained on the rack, mounting means adapted toengage the rack, and releasing means movably secured to the mountingmeans and operable to eject the retaining peg from the rack after therack is engaged with the mounting means whereby the pinhooks may moveoif the end of the rack.

12. A drapery pinhook tool as defined in claim 11 in which theretaining-peg shaft has a diameter substantially smaller than thediameter of the hole in the rack whereby the shaft is free to movewithin the hole within a limited range when the peg is installed in therack.

13. A drapery pinhook tool comprising an elongated rack adapted to storea plurality of drapery pinhooks along its length, a retaining pegreleasably engaged with an end of the rack for retaining the pinhooks onthe rack, the peg having an enlarged head extending beyond the rack,mounting means in engagement with the rack, and releasing means securedto the mounting means and movable between first and second positions,the releasing means having a ramp adjacent the peg head arranged wherebymoving the releasing means from the first to the second position causesthe peg head to slide along the ramp into engagement with the end of theramp, and returning the releasing means to the first position causes theengaged peg head and ramp to move away from the rack whereby the peg isejected from the rack and pinhooks may move off the end of the rack.

14. A drapery pinhook tool conprising an elongated rack adapted to storea plurality of drapery pinhooks along its length, a retaining pegreleasably engaged with an end of the rack for retaining the pinhooksonthe rack, the peg having an enlarged head extending beyond the rack, ahandle adapted to engage the rack, a drive plate movably secured to thehandle, and a lug secured to the drive plate and positionable to engagethe peg head after the rack is engaged with the handle whereby motion ofthe drive plate causes the lug to eject the peg from the rack and thepinhooks may thereafter moveioft the end of the rack into individualengagement with the lug.

15. A magazine for storing a plurality of drapery pinhooks, the pinhookshaving a pair of arms joined by a resilient loop portion, the armsconverging toward each other to form a U-shaped hook portion having anopening which is narrower than its interior; the magazine comprising anelongated rack having first and second ends, the rack having an enlargedcenter section to fit in the interior of the hook portion, the centersection being wider than the hook-portion opening, means secured at thefirst end of the rack for blocking egress of the pinhooks oh? the firstend, and retaining means releasably secured at the second end forblocking egress of the pinhooks off the second end.

16. A magazine for storing a plurauity of drapery pinhooks, the pinhookshaving a pair of arms joined by a resilient loop portion, the armsconverging toward each other to form a U-shaped hook portion having anopening which is narrower than its interior; the magazine comprising anelongated plastic rack having first and second ends, the rack having anenlarged center section to fit in the interior of the hook portion, thecenter section being wider than the hook-portion opening, a flangesecured at the first end of the rack and extending laterally from therack for blocking egress of the pinhooks ofi the first end, andretaining means releasably secured at the second end for blocking egressof the pinhooks off the second end.

17. A magazine for storing a plurality of drapery pinhooks, the pinhookshaving a pair of arms joined by a resilient loop portion, the armsconverging toward each other to form a U-shaped hook portion having anopening which is narrower than its interior; the magazine comprising anelongated rack having first and second ends, the second end having ahole, the rack having an enlarged center section to fit in the interiorof the hook portion, the center section being wider than thehook-portion opening, means secured at the first end of the rack forblocking egress of the pinhooks 013? the first end, and a retaining pegreleasably engaged in the hole and extending laterally beyond the rackfor blocking egress of the pinhooks oif the second end.

18. A magazine for storing a plurality of drapery pinhooks, the pinhookshaving a pair of arms joined by a resilient loop portion, the armsconverging toward each other to form a U-shaped hook portion having anopening which is narrower than its interior; the magazine comprising anelongated rack having first and second ends, the second end having ahole therethrough, an annular shoulder formed on the rack in the hole todefine a region of reduced diameter in the hole, the rack having anenlarged center section to fit in the interior of the hook portion, thecenter section being wider than the hook-portion opening, means securedat the first end of the rack for blocking egress of the pinhooks 0135the first end, and a retaining peg having an enlarged head and a shaftextending from the head, the shaft having an enlarged button formed atthe end of the shaft opposite the head, the button having a diameterslightly larger than diameter of the annular shoulder whereby the pegshaft is retained in the hole when the button is resiliently forced pastthe shoulder, the peg head extending laterally beyond the rack when thepeg is installed in the hole for blocking egress of the pinhooks off thesecond end.

19. A magazine as defined in claim 18 in which the retaining-peg shafthas a diameter substantially smaller than the diameter of the hole inthe rack whereby the shaft is free to move within the hole within alimited range when the peg is installed in the rack.

20. A magazine for storing a plurality of drapery pinhooks, the pinhookshaving -a pin portion, a pair of 10 arms joined by a resilient loopportion, the arms converging toward each other to form a U-shaped hookportion having an opening which is narrower than its interior, and a webportion joining the pin portion and hook portion; the magazinecomprising an elongated rack having first and second ends, the rackhaving an enlarged center section to fit in the interior of the hookportion, the cent-er section being wider than the hookportion opening,the rack having first and second elongated channels to provide clearancefor the web portions of the pinhooks, the channels being spaced apartwhereby the web portion of a large pinhook fits within the first channeland the web portion of a small pinhook fits within the second channel,means secured at the first end of the rack for blocking egress of thepinhooks ofi? the first end, and retaining means releasably secured atthe second end for blocking egress of the pinhooks ofi the second end.

No references cited.

GRANVILLE Y. CUSTER, JR., Primary Examiner,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION Patent No.3,332,598 July 25, 1967 Adam P. Niel It is hereby certified that errorappears in the above numbered patent requiring correction and that thesaid Letters Patent should read as corrected below Column 2, line 56,for "pinhook" read pinhooks column 3, line 4, for "fare" read wirecolumn 8, line 40, for "plurauity" read plurality Signed and sealed this23rd day of July 1968.

(SEAL) Attest:

EDWARD J. BRENNER Edward M. Fletcher, Jr.

Commissioner of Patents Attesting Officer

7. A DRAPERY PINHOOK TOOL COMPRISING AN ELONGATED RACK ADAPTED TO STOREA PLURALITY OF DRAPPERY PINHOOKS ALONG ITS LENGTH, RETAINING MEANSRELEASABLY ENGAGED WITH AN END OF THE RACK FOR RETAINING THE PINHOOKS ONTHE RACK, A HANDLE ADAPTED TO ENGAGE THE RACK, A DRIVE PLATE MOVABLYSECURED TO THE HANDLE, A LUG SECURED TO THE DRIVE PLATE AND POSITONABLETO RELEASE THE RETAINING MEANS AFTER THE RACK IS ENGAGED WITH THE HANDLEWHEREBY THE PINHOOKS MAY MOVE SERIALLY OFF THE END OF THE RACK, THE LUGBEING FURTHER POSITIONABLE TO ENGAGE INDIVIDUAL PINHOOKS MOVING OFF THEEND OF THE RACK.